Weather Records on 7 June 1953

483 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 June 1953. Highest significance: Sheldon, US.

Key Facts for 7 June 1953

On 7 June 1953, 483 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 465 daily.
Sheldon set an all-time record daily precipitation of 191.3 mm (7.5 in) on 7 June 1953.
Across 172 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

483 stations

483 station records on 7 June 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 June 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga (Misericordia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Settle	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Princesa Isabel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dandridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iraucuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	235.7 mm (9.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
P.P. Channel	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arendtsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poco Das Trincheiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Athabasca	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hickory	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kalama 5 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palmeiro Dos Indios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Interst Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

483 records

Records set or tied on 7 June 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 246.

Records on 7 June 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 June 1953 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 11, daily 465.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

376 broken records

Margins by which the 376 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 June 1953

Top 20 records on 7 June 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 June 1953	Sheldon, US	all-time rain	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 June 1953	Brevard, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Cherokee, US	all-time rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Riverton, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Ft Collins, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Lake Park 3SSE, US	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Itaporanga (Misericordia), BR	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Spencer 1 N, US	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Morganton, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Settle, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Tyndall, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Kandalaksa, RU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Jardim, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Princesa Isabel, BR	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Vilnius, LT	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Agua Branca, BR	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Dandridge, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1953	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	all-time rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 483 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 06-07 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1797	1
1804	2
1811	1
1813	1
1826	1
1827	2
1829	1
1832	1
1837	1
1841	2
1845	1
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1854	3
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1874	3
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	3
1885	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	4
1899	4
1900	3
1901	12
1902	4
1903	17
1904	9
1905	17
1906	9
1907	13
1908	24
1909	13
1910	21
1911	21
1912	33
1913	23
1914	42
1915	50
1916	57
1917	285
1918	34
1919	25
1920	58
1921	181
1922	113
1923	124
1924	189
1925	284
1926	240
1927	173
1928	182
1929	116
1930	260
1931	430
1932	294
1933	824
1934	441
1935	433
1936	277
1937	304
1938	319
1939	343
1940	237
1941	534
1942	265
1943	321
1944	319
1945	709
1946	479
1947	303
1948	848
1949	271
1950	784
1951	475
1952	638
1953	483
1954	461
1955	410
1956	346
1957	233
1958	578
1959	508
1960	255
1961	528
1962	333
1963	693
1964	441
1965	391
1966	388
1967	545
1968	593
1969	447
1970	656
1971	408
1972	829
1973	592
1974	741
1975	656
1976	609
1977	1,353
1978	875
1979	614
1980	846
1981	1,259
1982	727
1983	1,296
1984	1,121
1985	1,174
1986	990
1987	1,232
1988	1,468
1989	860
1990	795
1991	1,118
1992	731
1993	1,241
1994	1,072
1995	1,239
1996	1,380
1997	1,384
1998	1,960
1999	1,084
2000	1,588
2001	909
2002	981
2003	1,044
2004	1,032
2005	1,117
2006	1,055
2007	1,369
2008	1,515
2009	1,135
2010	916
2011	1,511
2012	578
2013	772
2014	485
2015	510
2016	818
2017	509
2018	450
2019	661
2020	809
2021	789
2022	438
2023	577
2024	831
2025	652
2026	419

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	330
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1